'It is not possible for Muslims to follow their religion faithfully in Britain' Agree or disagree?

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‘It is not possible for Muslims to follow their religion faithfully in Britain’. Do you agree?

Candice Burton 10QY

I believe that it is possible for Muslims to follow their religion faithfully in Britain but it would be difficult.

   Firstly I do believe that problems will occur with Muslims living in Britain however since there are more Muslims living here over time I cannot see how living in Britain should be a barrier to their faith.

   Since the Race Relations Act was passed in 1976 any discrimination of race in employment is considered an offence. For Muslims working in Britain it may be difficult to keep to prayer times as they may be unable to leave work to pray. Although prayer times can be caught up (Niyyah), as it is not always possible to find an appropriate place to pray. The ground on which a Muslim prays must be clean and in a room in which will no be disturbed. Another difficulty concerning working is washing. This is more challenging because it requires well-equipped facilities and takes longer.

    Some employers may not be sympathetic if workers want to leave to pray however pray times often follow the normal breaks of the day. For Muslim men this may be harder as they will need to go to a mosque for an hour or more during Friday lunchtime. This may result in taking the whole Friday afternoon off depending on a Muslims location in Britain. As there aren’t many mosques in Britain the journey time is likely to be longer therefore increasing the amount of money spent on the journey.

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   More problems of being a Muslim in a non-Muslim community are in schools. There are 4 main areas that could cause a problem in schools.

One of these is dress code. The school uniform could pose a problem especially in P.E as Muslims consider that girls should wear tracksuits for P.E. They also believe that girls and boys should be educated separately as soon as they begin to develop sexually but schools are very unlikely to do this as this would mean more teachers would be needed to teach therefore increasing the number of rooms needed and text books ...

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